Cigarette-paper holder for tobacco-receptacles.



T. H. NANCE.

CIGARETTE PAPER HOLDER FOR TOBACCO HECEPTACLES.

APPLICATHJN FILED SEPT. 23, 1915- Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1 T. H. NANCE.

CIGARETTE PAPER HOLDER FOR TOBACCO RECEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23. 19l5.

1,21 3,680. Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHET 2- W Tmmzerfi Af/amey i box under ordi UNllTFiD TURNER HUNT NANCE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMIA.

CIGARETTE-PAPER HOLDER FOR TOBACCO-RECEPTACLES.

Application filed September 23, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TURNER H. NANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at B1rmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Cigarette-Paper Holder for Tobacco- Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to cigarette paper holders for tobacco receptacles, and its object is to provide a holder adapted to receive a roll of cigarette paper with the holder readily applicable to and removable from commercial forms of metallic tobacco receptacles.

There are numerous types of sheet metal boxes for smoking tobacco, all of which boxes have certain characteristics in commen, and the boxes are of a size adapting them to be carried in the pocket. It is a prevalent custom to use the tobacco contained in the boxes for making cigarettes, and ordinarily cigarettes are made from paper sheets cut to size.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a holder for a roll of cigarette paper with means whereby the paper may be fed out as needed, and then torn off in appropriate lengths. To always have the roll of paper in convenient relation to the receptacle or box of tobacco the holder is provided with means whereby it is readily attached to or removed from the tobacco box. so as to remain attached to the ary conditions of use and until the contents of the box have been used up, hereupon the holder may be readily detached from the empty box and applied to a full box, thus being at all times in, convenient re ation to the box of tobacco and free from liability of loss or of being misplaced.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanving drawings forming part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Serial No. 52,223.

tion of one end of a tobacco box with a holder for a roll of cigarette paper applied thereto and constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation similar to Fig. 1 but viewed from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the structure of F igs. l and 2 as seen from the right hand end of Fig. Fig. l is a plan View of the paper holder of the preceding figures with the parts opened out and showing a roll of paper in what constitutes the cover member of the holder. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1 but drawn on an exaggerated scale. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one end of a tobacco box with a paper holder applied thereto, but showing a somewhat modified form thereof. Fig. 7 is an elevation similar to Fig. 6 but viewed from the opposite face thereof. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing the casing of the pape holder in longitudinal diametric section. Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 6 but illustrating still another form of the invention. Fig. 11 is an end view of the structure of Fig. 10 as seen from the left hand end thereof. Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12*12 of Fig. 10, but drawn on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings and considering first the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, there is shown a tobacco box 1 customarily made of generally rectangular shape with the long edges rounded and the sides flat, the box being considerably wider than thick so as to readily it the pocket of the user, and particularly the hip pocket of a pair of trousers. Such boxes have one end formed with a marginal bead :2, this end being that end remote from the one through whir'i access is had to the interior of the box.

Adapted to the beaded end of the box is a. plate 3, which may be as long as the box is wide, or may be of less length than the width of the box. In the particular showing of the drawings the plate 3 is as long as the box 1 is wide, and in the particular showing of Figs. 1 to 5 it is considered that they tobacco box is slightly curved in the direction of its width, wherefore the plate 3 is correspondingly curved. The opposite edges of the plate 3 are formed with flanges 4 suitably curved transversely of their length to form channel flanges adapted to partially embrace the bead 2 on opposite sides of the box. By properly proportioning the separation of the flanges one from the other they may be made to embrace the bead of the box on opposite sides of the latter with sutiicient force to hold the plate frictionally upon the box against all forces to which it may be subjected, and which would be liable to accidentally remove the plate from the box. At the same time the frictional engagement is made insufiicient to prevent the designed removal of the plate from the box. buch removal in the structure shown is only possible by sliding the plate lengthwise of the end of the box to which it is applied and the application of the plate to the box is performed in a like manner; that is, it is moved upon the box lengthwise of the end thereof, so that the flanges a slide along the beads 2 on opposite sides of the box.

East to the plate 3 on the side thereof remote from the box is a substantially semicylindrical casing member 5, such member being permanently fast to the plate 3. Secured to the plate 3 by hinges 6 is another casing member 7 which may be in most part a counterpart of the member 5, so that the two members 5 and 7 together form a cylindrical casing. The ends of the two members 5 and 7 are closed by heads 8 and 9, respectively, and the members meet upon a diameter represented in Fig. 3 by the line 10. The member 7 of the casing, which, because of its hinged connection to the plate 3,'may be considered as the cover member of the casing, has end fillers 11, so that the casing will accommodate a roll 12 of ciga- Bil rette paper of certain length. It is unnecessary to provide such fillers in the body 5 of the casing, since the fillers 11 are all that are needed. The cylindrical portion of the walls of tl e casing members 5 and 7 opposite the hinge 6 are cut away to produce a lon itudinally extended slot 13 at a u a w- I 1 point about diametrically oppos1te to the hin e 6 and the cover member is constrained a 1 to remain in the closed pos tion by a spring 7 1 1 which may be associated with the hinge pintle and by having its ends engaging the plate 3 and the casing cover 7, the latter is held yieldingly against the body member 5 of the casing.

Connected to the body member 5 by a hinge 15 is a plate 16 curred in cross-section in conformity with the curvature of the casing made up of the members 5 and 7. This plate is hin ed to the body member 5 at a short distance from the slot 13 and extends about the cover 7 to a point about diametrically opposite from the hinge 15 where it terminates in a longitudinal tearing edge 17. The plate 16 is constrained with some force toward the cover 7 by a spring 18 applied to the pintle of the hinge 15. The plate 16 is provided at a point about midway of its length and midway of its breadth with a passage 19 of a size to readily admit the ball of the thumb of the human hand.

When it is desired to place a roll 12 of cigarette paper in the holder, the tearing 12 of paper is placed in the casing with the lcose'end of the roll pulled out for an appropriate distance, whereupon the cover member 7 is permitted to move under the action of the spring 14. to the closed position, thus leaving the free end of the roll of cigarette paper exposed beyond the slot 13. After this the plate 16 is permitted to close on to the cover member 7 under the action of the spring 18, so as to force the exposed end of the cigarette paper tight against the cover 7, the plate 16 conforming quite closely to the curvature of the plate 7 and the tearing edge 17 hearing with some force upon the free end of the cigarette paper and holding it sufliciently tight against the cover member 7. A person desiring to tear of the exposed end of the cigarette paper 1 has but to grasp the extended end and by pulling it against the tearing ed e 17 readily removes the extended end of the paper from that portion covered by the plate 16, so that under ordinary conditions the cigarette paper does not extend beyond the edge 17 and is only accessible through the thumb hole 19. When theoperator desires to project a sufficient length of the web of cigarette paper, he has but to engage the paper with the ball of the thumb through the hole 19 and then by pushing the paper toward the edge 17 a sufficient amount is projected to provide a grasping portion, whereupon as great a l n th of the paper is pulled out from the casing as may be desired, and is torn off at the ed e 17. The paper is therefore protected against injury by the plate 16 and yet is at all times accessible for projection, through the thumb hole 19.

lVhen all the cigarette paper has been used up the cover plate 16 is moved out of the way about its hin e and the cover 7 of the casing is mored away from the body memb and then a new roll of paper is installed in the manner already described.

The structure shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 is in most respects similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 5, but differs somewhat in certain details. There is shown in Figs. 6 to 9 a tobacco can 1 having a terminal bead 2- and this can may be considered as having its side faces straight instead of curved crosswise of the can, as in Fig. 1 and associated figures. A supporting or basic plate 3 with marginal channel flanges 4 is provided and the plate 3 and flanges 4*- are quite similar to the plate 3 and flanges 1 of Fig. 1, except that the plate 3 is of less length than the width of the can and the plate and flanges are both of about the same length. The mode of application of the plate to the can and removal therefrom is the same as already described with reference to the preceding figures.

In Figs. 6 to 9 there is shown a cylindrical casing 5 which may be complete circumferentially and has at one point a longitudinal slot 13 for the passage of the web of cigarette paper from a. roll 12. Access to the interior of the casing is had through one or the other end, which ends are closed by plugs 20, one or both of which may be removable, but the removable plug or plugs are made to fit with considerable friction, so that the liability of accidental removal is eliminated, but designed removal is not interfered with. The plugs 20 may be made of any ornamental configuration desired. Attached to the easing 5 by a spring hinge 15 having a spring 18 thereon, is a curved plate 16 which may be substantially similar to the plate 16 of Fig. 1 and associated figures. The plate 16 is provided with a thumb hole 19 and a tearing or cutting edge 17 So far as the projection of the cigarette paper and the tearing of suitable lengths from the web are concerned, the operation in the structure of Figs. 6 to 9 is the same as the structure of the preceding figures and need not be here repeated.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 10, 11 and 12 is in many respects similar to the forms described with reference to the preceding figures. In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 there is shown a. can 1 which may be quite similar .to the can shown in Figs. 6 to 9, and. this can has a terminal bead 2*. There is also provided a basic plate 8 with flanges 4. on opposite sides curved into channel form, and, like the flanges a of Fig. 1, the flanges l may be of less length than the length of the plate 3*.

Fast to the basic plate 3 is a semi-cylindrical casing member 5 and hinged to one long side of this member by a spring hinge 6 is a cover member 7 also of generally semi-cylindrical form, so that the two members 5 and 7 constitute a cylindrical casing for a roll 12 of cigarette paper. The line of division'of the two members 5* and 7" and indicated at 10 is substantially diametric of the cylinder. From the long edge of the body member 5 of the casing opposite to the hinge 6" there is attached one edge of an apron 21 secured to the corresponding flange 4 and of a length to extend along the adacent face of the tobacco box 1". That edge of the apron 21 remote from the casing member 5 is shown as turned in toward the box 1 to form a spacing extension 22 to engage the tobacco box and prevent spring of the apron toward the box.

Extending from that edge of the cover member 7 remote from the hinge 6 is a plate 16 paralleling the apron 21 and having its edge remote from the cover member 7* formed into a cutting edge 17. The plate 16 is provided with a thumb hole 19 The body member 5 of the casing is provided with terminal fillers 11 performing the same function as the fillers 11 shown in Fig. l. The cover member 7" where provided with the plate 16' slightly overhangs the corresponding edge of the body member 5 where provided with the apron 21 and this overhang is sufiieient to serve the purpose of a slot for the passage of the cigarette paper into the space between the plate 16 and the apron 21, while said apron 21 constitutes a backing plate to resist the pressure of the thumb entering through the thumb hole 19 in the act of projecting the paper.

The structure of Figs. 10, 11 and 12 differs from that of the preceding forms in that the tearing plate is in one piece with the cover member, and hence the plate 16 is moved: out of the way with the cover instead of being separately moved on its own hinge as in the other forms of the invention.

In the several forms illustrated the tearing plate is hinged to move into and out of engagement with the paper to hold the latter against a firm backing and to provide means for the projection of the paper to an extent to be grasped by the projected end. In Figs. 1 and 6 and associated figures the tearing plate is hinged to the paper Fig. 10 and associated figures the plate is fast to a part of the paper holder, which part is in turn hinged so that the tearing plate may be considered as hinged in each instance. Furthermore,the hinge is a spring hinge, so that the tearing edge of the tearing plate bears at all times with pressure upon the paper supporting backing.

While the invention has been described as particularly useful in connection with tobacco boxes and for holding a supply of cigarette paper in the form of a roll, there are features of the invention which are use ful in other connections, so that the invention is not restricted to use solely in connection with tobacco boxes. and for the holding of cigarette paper.

What is claimed is l. A holder for a roll of paper, comprising a two-part casing divided lengthwise with the parts hinged together for permitting opening and closing of the casing, and said parts where meeting on the side of the casing opposite the hinge forming a longitudinally extended slot for the passage of holder, and in paper from within the casing, and a plate hinged to one member of the casing to one side of the slot and extending over the slot into embracing relation to the other member of the casing, whereby on the movement of the plate out of embracing relation to the casing members the casing may be opened for the insertion of a roll of paper and when the casing is closed and the hinged plate is in embracing relation to the casing, said plate constitutes a severing plate for projected portions of the roll of paper beyond that edge of said plate remote from its hinge connection to the casing member.

2. A holder for a roll of paper comprising a two-part casing divided lengthwise with the parts hinged together and having a spring tending to hold the parts in engagement and said parts when in engagement forming a longitudinally extended slot for the passage of paper therethrough, and a plate hinged to one member of the casing in embracing relation to the other member of the casing, said plate having spring means tending to maintain it in engagement with the second-named part of the casing and the plate also being provided with a thumb hole through it and a tearing edge for the paper at the side of the plate remote from the hinge.

3. It holder for a roll of paper comprising a cylinorical casing consisting of two substantially semi-cylindrical members divided along a diameter of the casing, one of the members being hinged to the other member along one edge and having the other edge se aerated from the corresponding edge of the other member to form a longitudinal slot for the passage of the paper from the casing, and said second-named member having spring means tending to hold it in close relation to the first-named member, and a plate hinged to the first-named member adjacent to the slot and provided with spring means for normally holding it in engage ment with the second named member, said plate having a thumb hole therethrough for moving the web or paper beneath the plate and the edge of the plate remote from the hinge serving as a tearing edge for the paper.

at. An attachment for a tobacco box provided with a terminal bead at one end, comprising a holder for a roll 01" cigarette paper, with the holder having means for the projection of the cigarette paper and for the severance of the projected portion from the remainder of the roll, and a plate conforming in shape and size to the bead end of the box to which the holder is secured, said plate having flanges 01 channel form elongated in the direction of the width of the box and adapted to embrace the terminal bead on opposite sides of the box to slide lengthwise onto and 0H from said beaded end of the box.

5. In combination with a tobacco box provided with a terminal bead at and around its closed end, a holder for a roll of cigarette paper having a width and length not to exceed the dimensions of the end of the tobacco box and provided with flanges at its base on opposite sides thereof and adapt ed to embrace the terminal bead of the tobacco box on opposite sides of said closed end so as to slide in the direction of the long dimension of said end of the box onto and oii therefrom. I

6. An attachment for tobacco boxes, comprising a holder for a roll of cigarette paper with means for the projection of the paper from the. holder and with a cutting edge against which the paper may be severed transversely of its length, and a carrying means for the holder comprising an elongated plate of dimensions conforming to the dimensions of the closed end of a tobacco box, said plate having elongated curved flanges on the opposite long sides to engage a the corresponding portions of the closed end of the tobacco box for sliding the attachment onto and oil from the end of the tobacco box in the direction of the length 01"- the plate.

7. An attachment "for tobacco boxes of pocket size, comprising a holder for a roll of cigarette paper with means for the projection of the paper from the holder and means for the severance of the paper trans versely of its length, said attachment having a basic member conforming in shape to the closed end of the-tobacco box and provided with retaining means for the application of the attachment to the face portion of the closed end with the retaining means gripping said closed end and movable onto and oi? from said closed end in the direction of the breadth of the box.

In testimony, that 1 claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence'ol two witnesses.

TURNER HUNT NANCE.

Witnesses:

LESTER HAYWOOD, J. M. M. Norronn.

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